Man survives electrical enclosure explosion - GIF

[Altair]

Man survives electrical enclosure explosion.




Previously:

Arc flash electrical box explosion - GIF
Electrical pole burns through and explodes - GIF
Electrical box explosion - GIF
Electrical transformer explosion - GIF
Transformer explosion - GIF

[nova_robotics]

"Survives" is a big umbrella. I bet he has some level of vision damage and the skin on his face will be messed up for the rest of his life.

I used to do a lot of work in forestry and wood products. I wasn't on this particular job, but I worked with the project manager. The fuel tank on a piece of equipment blew up and and the fireball got two of the operators. The initially both looked fine, other than being covered in a layer of black soot. Still operating on adrenaline, after the explosion one of them sat down on a rock and had a smoke to calm his nerves. They were walking around and giving statements. Both ended up dying in hospital later after their lungs filled up with fluid.